I posted a poll on the blog for a week now, and I now come up with a plan (I am not sure till when will I stand on it though.. also it does not limit my blog to this thought). And the thought goes - “I would write based on the analysis from the poll results and its comprehension”. The poll was about ‘Personal Diaries’ (PD), being replaced by blogs in our W3 era.
The poll result: 40% say No, 20% say Yes and 40% go for Maybe.
The analysis part: Here let me go by my example - If I had to write my heart in a diary on the topic ‘how was the weekend’ -how would it differ from what I write in my blog? My diary will have the version ‘A long ride with my hubby, good time spent with him – not that we painted the town red but for sure reveled the time doing nothing’. My Blog would be read as ‘Went to the exhibition at HITEX over the weekend with him and the lil one. Awesome weather for a long drive and got to explore the new arrivals/technologies looming across the counter’. Ooops! The place was the same, the people were the same the experience same, still, I never thought it would be such a whopping difference while communicating the same. I conclude – there is a greater personal touch to a PD than to a blog! I know now, all those 40% in the poll above will concur with this.
Well, once you are done with reading I know you will not forget to poll your views for the question up there.
My first comment MadAM:) Nothing can replace a PD & it generally holds lots of confessions/secrets.
ReplyDeletewell.... me all for a PD.. had one till a long time... stopped writing it a few years back, as i found someone who not only holds my deepest secrets and fears safely but rejoices with me in my happiest moments..( ok too much mushiness hogai i think ;) )
ReplyDeleteback to the PD... It is what its name says.. personal.. stuff close to your heart.. your own thoughts and beliefs, goof ups and faux-pas ... which me sure not many people want the whole wide world to know.. but if you have an interesting piece of info and you want people to know, then blog on baby!! They are just two different ways of clearing your heart... in one you do it for yourself and the other you do it for other people.. and neither can replace either.. !!